Coraline Jones Essay

Have you ever wondered what it would be like in a different world? A different universe even! Where everything's the same… But better! Well that's what happened for Coraline Jones. Coraline is made by Neil Gaiman. When Coraline and her parents move into an old house that Coraline´s grandmother owned her whole life gets flipped around. When Coraline is exploring her new home she finds a little door. She asks her mother to open it for her hoping it would lead to somewhere new. Somewhere more exciting. At first her mother says no but after Coraline begs and pleads she gives in and looks for the key. When they found it Coraline noticed that the end of the key looked like a button. When her mother finally unlocks the door there were only bricks behind it. Coraline was a little disappointed. But what she doesn't know is that behind those bricks was a better world… Or is it?

The two main settings of the book are the real world and the other world. The real world is bland and boring. Maybe a little gross sometimes too. But the other world is amazing. It's like a party that never dies. But here's the catch; Everyone has buttons for eyes.

The main character of the book is Coraline. Coraline is a very adventurous girl and can be very curious. She loves her family and would do anything for them; Even if they can be

Coraline is also is trying to get the eyes of the ghost children because she wants to give the eyes back to them so their soul can be free. She is also trying to find her parents in the other world because the other mother took them and she doesn't know where they are. Coraline made a deal that if she found the ghost children´s eyes and her parents then she could leave, but if she couldn´t then the other mother could replace her eyes with buttons and keep Coraline